Sam Winnall

Winnall, on his first return to Oakwell, was booed throughout the South Yorkshire derby and had a a Peppa Pig toy thrown his way in the early stages of the contest.

In a series of tweets the next day, Pope suggested he would like to punch Winnall, claiming he would “KO him in five seconds”.

As well as claiming Winnall disrespected his previous employers, Pope also described Wednesday fans as “delusional”, saying: “I don’t need to be relevant to know Sheffield Wednesday aren’t a big club to anyone who isn’t a Sheffield Wednesday fan.”